From The Human Revolution, Vol. 7, “Under the Wings” pp 902-3
Toda decided to form this group to maintain the theory of value-creating education and the principle of educational guidance, the legacy left by his mentor, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi. The coming autumn would see his tenth memorial. The Educators’ Club established by Makiguchi had long since been dissolved. Although Toda was busy leading the surging march of propagation, not a day passed that he didn’t remember his deceased mentor. He had been studying ways of training successors to Makiguchi’s theories, people who would eventually make them known to the world.
“This year we shall observe Mr. Makiguchi tenth memorial,” Toda said at the inaugural meeting. “In commemoration, I’m planning to publish his philosophy of value in book form and send copies to colleges and universities throughout the nation. Whatever the immediate response it may receive, thirty years or fifty years from now it will certainly strike many people with wonder and admiration. Now is the time to invite the public to judge the value of his doctrine. All theories, be they pedagogical or sociological, are ultimately undergirded by the philosophy of value. I want you to do all you can to bequeath Mr. Makiguchi’s teaching to posterity.
“If even only one person tackles this task, the time will come when more and more people will accept our mentor’s theory. If I were to die today there would be no one to inherit and transmit it. It has been more than twenty years since I left the educational world, but I will try to impart all my knowledge to you so that we can conduct research together. I am convinced that the philosophy of value will spread throughout the world. Tsunesaburo Makiguchi’s The Philosophy of Value was published in the autumn and copies presented to every college and university in Japan.
